9 Movies So Annoying They Lose You In The First 60 Seconds

Heading out of Christopher Nolan's latest bombastic slice of big-screen storytelling, the most common criticism of the director's attempt to delve into the world of espionage was the fact that he seemed more focused on deafening his audience than actually giving them a fulfilling cinematic experience.

Look no further than the film's opening within the Kyiv Opera House.

Right from the off, Nolan pierces through those in attendance's eardrums with a thudding score and muffled dialogue from John David Washington's "Protagonist" as the leading CIA operative attempts a secret extraction in the midst of a terrorist attack.

And while the thundering opening minute of the flick doesn't possess quite as many verbal exchanges getting lost in the ear-splitting music and background sound effects as at other points in the divisive film, there's still enough blaring surges of "musical" noise and excruciating sounds of sleeping gas being pumped into air vents to leave folks wincing in their seats early on.

Now just imagine what ol' Nolan is on the verge of letting loose in a film dedicated to the "father of the atomic bomb" next year. Brace yourself, folks, because Oppenheimer could very much make Tenet seem positively understated by comparison.